Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Sundance 2015 Wrap-Up Report: Taking On Scientology At Sundance

**Going Clear At Sundance:The Real Deal On What's Going Down Behind
Scientology's Secretive Doors. In his Sundance 2015 Wrap-Up Report,
Indiewire chief critic Eric Kohn phones in to Arts Express on location
in Utah at the Film Festival. With a look at the most controversial
entry there, Alex Gibney's Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief. And how the Scientology cult has
been intimidating film critics including Kohn, who dare to report on the documentary's
exposure of member manipulation, physical abuse, and torture connected
to a space deep within their fortresses - notoriously known as The
Hole. While HBO has lawyered up with 160 attorneys in anticipation of doing legal battle with Scientology when they air the film. And, other Festival highlights ranging from white supremacy to the Black
Lives Matter movement; the influence of Hollywood at Sundance when
it comes to creative impulses versus creative control; and what audiences can look forward to - or shouldn't - from these Festival debuts during the coming year at the movies.

**The Devil's Violinist: Musician and solo performer David Garrett is on
the line from LA to talk about his role as 19th century daring innovative
rebel musician Niccolo Paganini in this biopic. A celebrity violinist
himself, Garrett discusses becoming Paganini in every sense, emotionally
and musically; marrying in his own crossover compositions classical and
contemporary music; and who exactly is that violinist's devil and does
he exist as well today.

**The Working Actor Studio: Jack Shalom in a conversation with Working Actor Studio
director, Betsy Daly, about meeting the economic and artistic
challenges facing struggling, aspiring actors today. And developing the
necessary dramatic skills and tools there, including workshops in
improv, scene study and musical theater. And, something rather intriguing
known as stage combat.

Arts Express, airing on WBAI Radio in NY archived at wbai.org, and on the Pacifica National Radio Network.